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India controlled spread of locusts using modern technologies: PM ModiIn his address after the virtual inauguration of college and administration buildings of Jhansi-based Rani Lakshmi Bai Central Agricultural...- Locust swarms persist, no significant crop loss reported so far, says governmentThe government is using drones in Rajasthan, while the Air Force is conducting trials in anti-locust operations using an MI-17 helicopter.
- Locust swarms: Centre takes various measures to prevent crop lossesThe Centre has taken various steps to control locust swarms, and carried out operations in over 1.5 lakh hectares area since April 11 to pr...
- Govt steps up aerial spray of pesticide to fight locust swarmsWith drones already being used for control of locusts, the ministry said a Bell helicopter has been deployed in Rajasthan for use in the sc...
- Locust menace: FAO asks India to be on high alert for next 4 weeksIn its latest update on Friday, the FAO said spring-bred locust swarms, which migrated to Indo-Pakistan border and travelled east to northe...
- Govt's locust operation covers 1.33 lakh hectares in North, West India“Presently 60 control teams with spray vehicles are deployed in these states and more than 200 central government personnel are working tog...
- IAF choppers to fight locust swarmsThe helicopters will be equipped with imported aerial spray machines, agriculture minister Narendra Singh Tomar said while flagging off a h...
- Agriculture ministry eyes drones for night duty in locust fightThe broad specification comes a little over one month after India’s civil aviation regulator granted the agriculture ministry conditional e...
- India-Pak technical-level meeting on locust issue proposed for June 18: MEAMEA Spokesperson Anurag Srivastava said that last month India had taken an initiative to develop regional cooperation to control locusts an...
- India steps up efforts to curb locust infestationIndia has brought the locusts under control at 399 locations in five states and has placed an order to buy 60 new insecticide spraying mach...
- Government's locust control policy focuses on chemical spray alone, says farm expertThere is no doubt that the locust attack is a menace that cannot be ignored, but along with locust control, it must also be ensured that th...
- Government steps up measures to control locustThe union government is coordinating with states governments to restrict locust attacks. 89 fire brigades for pesticide spray, 120 survey v...
- Rabi crops not impacted by locusts; efforts on to prevent spread before monsoon to save kharif cropsLocusts -- the oldest migratory pest in the world -- entered India after travelling from Africa through Yemen, Iran and Pakistan. After mas...
- Locust alert in UP after swarms move through Rajasthan, MPAt least 10 Uttar Pradesh districts were on alert Tuesday after swarms of locusts were spotted in Mahoba and Jhansi districts, moving into ...
- Locusts from Pakistan threaten standing crops on 2 lakh hectareLocust swarms from Pakistan have entered Rajasthan, Punjab, Haryana and Madhya Pradesh threatening major damage to standing cotton crops an...
- Iran agrees but Pakistan drags its feet on India’s offer to control cross-border locust attackFood and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) reports indicate that the Desert Locust population is expected to move from s...
- Centre coordinates with states to control locust attacksUnion agriculture minister Narendra Singh Toma said that the locust army has swarmed Indian territory earlier than scheduled. Locust Contro...
- The missing phenomenon of locust attacksWhether in real life news or films it seems that earthquakes, hurricanes, tsunamis, volcanoes, floods, blizzards, epidemics and nearly ever...
- 'India, Pak may be swarmed by locusts'Desert locust swarms capable of destroying crops may reach India & Pakistan "in the next few days''.
- Locust swarm threatens crop in northern statesAn unprecedented locust invasion in secluded Zanskar valley of arid Ladakh desert has triggered panic in the northern states as the swarmin...
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